Ink Review: Diamine Oxblood

[Snargle]

My first shot at an ink review, so it might be a little rough, but bear with me...it'll get better!

I picked up three bottles of Diamine Ink from Jetpens.com while they were having their clearance/discontinuance sale; Oxblood, Majestic Purple, and Sherwood Green.

Here's my review of Diamine Oxblood. I think it's an excellent, attractive ink, well-performing, and definitely will be in regular use in the Snargle household!

EDIT: I just tried the Oxblood ink and the same pen on a lower-grade paper (24 lb. Office Max Laser Paper) and it performed equally well...no feathering or bleed-through.

 

[syngent]

Nice Larry, did you male your own testing sheet

 

[Snargle]

Nice Larry, did you male your own testing sheet

No, I downloaded a pre-made form from Fountain Pen Network.

 

[Jimmy James]

Wow, they must have had a ton of the Oxblood in stock. I bought Oxblood, Graphite, and a Pilot Petit1. Nice work on a review. I'd give this friendly advice to any reviewer -- don't push yourself too hard. I was trying to crank out way too many reviews, got way burnt out and had some other stuff happen. I keep meaning to try another review, but it's like a mental block comes up every time I think of it.

I think the description that does this ink justice is the one I heard comparing it to going to the butcher shop, getting some nice steaks, and then looking at the drippings left on the butcher paper after you grill them up. It's a great color if you ask me.

 

[Doc4]

Thanks for the review! I rather like this colour myself. I got a sample of this one and Noodler's red/black ... Inkdrop, IIRC ... and tried them both at about the same time. I much preferred the Oxblood both for colour and performance.

 

[celestino]

Oh, that is a lovely colour of red!

 

[Dave258]

Nice review, Larry! I like this ink a lot in my TWSBI Vac 700 with 1.1!

 

[Artimid]

By chance, do you have any of the Syrah? I am wondering how it compares in real world writing to the Oxblood. Your image has good lighting, so I can clearly see that that the Oxblood might be a bit darker, but not sure how much darker it might be.

If not, it is fine. Thanks for the review. When the sale was posted I put the Oxblood in my cart, and by the time I hit "buy" it was sold out. >_< Also, Dave Barry for the win!!

 

[Snargle]

Nice review, Larry! I like this ink a lot in my TWSBI Vac 700 with 1.1!

Dave, do you get much shading with this ink and that wide nib?

 

[Dave258]

Dave, do you get much shading with this ink and that wise nib?

Surprisingly, not much really.

 

[Snargle]

By chance, do you have any of the Syrah? I am wondering how it compares in real world writing to the Oxblood. Your image has good lighting, so I can clearly see that that the Oxblood might be a bit darker, but not sure how much darker it might be.

If not, it is fine. Thanks for the review. When the sale was posted I put the Oxblood in my cart, and by the time I hit "buy" it was sold out. >_< Also, Dave Barry for the win!!

Haven't tried the Syrah, but I've heard good things about it. This is my first venture into Diamine territory.

 

[Myosin]

Maybe it's just the lighting, but that looks identical to Red Dragon, which I have in my pen right now.

I'm sure they're different if I saw a side by side comparison, but alone it looks like Red Dragon

 

[OldSchoolYoungin]

Great review!

Heard about the clearance and decided to wait a couple days. Was going to pick this up, but went on there today and they had completely sold everything I wanted!

I learned a valuable lesson today: NEVER delay gratification!

 

[Jimmy James]

Maybe it's just the lighting, but that looks identical to Red Dragon, which I have in my pen right now.

I'm sure they're different if I saw a side by side comparison, but alone it looks like Red Dragon

I once had a sample of both. Red Dragon is brighter and lighter but is certainly in the same family.

 

[ChefJohnBoy-ardee]

I had a sample when it was in InkDrop and loved it. I haven't picked it up because I have BSAIR. I know they are very different but it is still a red/black... I have to show some thrifty restraint?!